How to find my video card type

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Haste262 on 12 December 2009

Personally id jus right click, press personalize then press display settings lol. Tho, thats cuz i have vista, doesnt work with the others.

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jefforange89 on 12 December 2009

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No no no soleron, i just bought demigod and the thing just blanked out when I was on the startup screen, completly black so a reading of the manual led me to the drivers...

thankfully there are some effective computer people around here

Well, like I said before... if you don't know what you have, there's a good chance it's Intel GMA of some sort, in which case it would be completely worthless for gaming.

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Soleron on 13 December 2009

supercat said:
No no no soleron, i just bought demigod and the thing just blanked out when I was on the startup screen, completly black so a reading of the manual led me to the drivers...

thankfully there are some effective computer people around here

If you have Intel integrated (GMA) graphics, they probably won't run the game at all.

You can buy a cheap discrete card like the HD4670 for $65 or $55 after rebate assuming you live in the US. This is the cheapest card that meets the recommended requirements for your game and uses GDDR3 memory.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127448

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supercat on 13 December 2009

If I remember correctly what I have is a ATI 5600 series. But i'm definiely going to upgrade this soon. And the card works fine now, I just had to download the latest version of drivers.

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Soleron on 13 December 2009

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If I remember correctly what I have is a ATI 5600 series. But i'm definiely going to upgrade this soon. And the card works fine now, I just had to download the latest version of drivers.

-S

That hasn't even been released yet. It must be something else - 4600? 3600? But if it works that's OK.